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Old 03-24-2009, 04:35 PM
 
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I'm pretty sure that's Atlanta.



All are right up there with DFW. Neither is far ahead of the other in growth since 2000 in raw numbers or percentages.

Edit: Okay, DFW was the fastest, but barely. The other three are all close behind. DFW had a big year in 2001 and then last year which boosted it up.

Nope Dallas because of trends over the last few years have passed Atlanta up for the top spot. So since 2000 DFW has added more residents than any other metro

Dallas 1.14
Atlanta 1.13
Atlanta metro area now eighth-largest in nation | ajc.com (http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2009/03/19/georgia_census_facts.html - broken link)

 
Old 03-24-2009, 06:18 PM
 
Location: ITL (Houston)
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Nope Dallas because of trends over the last few years have passed Atlanta up for the top spot. So since 2000 DFW has added more residents than any other metro

Dallas 1.14
Atlanta 1.13
Atlanta metro area now eighth-largest in nation | ajc.com (http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2009/03/19/georgia_census_facts.html - broken link)
What are you saying nope to? I said DFW was the fastest growing, but barely, as Atlanta was right behind.
 
Old 03-24-2009, 06:34 PM
 
Location: Washington D.C. By way of Texas
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Wow, Fulton is now over a million. Though it's still one of the larger counties in the state of Georgia. But didn't think it would happen that fast.
 
Old 03-24-2009, 06:38 PM
 
Location: Washington D.C. By way of Texas
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Dallas is ok, but I'll take Houston. The weather is better and you don't have the risk of tornados as much. Although hurricanes could occur, you can minimize the damage by simply living more inland.
At the same time, the city of Dallas does not get tornadoes. I think you're more frequent to seeing floods than tornadoes in Dallas.

BTW, the Houston black population is probably over a million now and the DFW black population is probably over 900,000 now. Both communities are growing very fast. Both are great cities for African Americans. You will find great culture in both places, Queen. Houston has a large festival every June called Juneteenth. I'm sure Dallas has that as well. There are more festivals throughout the year celebrating our culture. I would tend to slightly go with Houston but Dallas is not a bad alternative in itself.
 
Old 03-24-2009, 07:17 PM
 
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At the same time, the city of Dallas does not get tornadoes. I think you're more frequent to seeing floods than tornadoes in Dallas.

BTW, the Houston black population is probably over a million now and the DFW black population is probably over 900,000 now. Both communities are growing very fast. Both are great cities for African Americans. You will find great culture in both places, Queen. Houston has a large festival every June called Juneteenth. I'm sure Dallas has that as well. There are more festivals throughout the year celebrating our culture. I would tend to slightly go with Houston but Dallas is not a bad alternative in itself.
I was talking more about the two metro areas than say the city of Dallas itself. I know the city of Dallas usually isn't hit with tornadoes, but the metroplex can see some. Either way, the metroplex is more prone to tornadoes than the Houston area based on tornado risk area maps I've seen. Plus, everything isn't all spread out so much making things easier to get to.
 
Old 03-24-2009, 09:53 PM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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I was talking more about the two metro areas than say the city of Dallas itself. I know the city of Dallas usually isn't hit with tornadoes, but the metroplex can see some. Either way, the metroplex is more prone to tornadoes than the Houston area based on tornado risk area maps I've seen. Plus, everything isn't all spread out so much making things easier to get to.
How mistaken you are.

D/FW is VERY spread out. I think it occupies even more land than Houston's metro, at least it looks that way on the map anyways.
 
Old 03-25-2009, 02:57 PM
 
Location: ITL (Houston)
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Houston's metro area counties are larger, so we cover more land, but as far as urban areas, Houston is denser and covers less land. The city of Houston is denser than the city of Dallas.
 
Old 03-25-2009, 03:10 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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Houston's metro area counties are larger, so we cover more land, but as far as urban areas, Houston is denser and covers less land. The city of Houston is denser than the city of Dallas.
By such a small amount that it's really not worth mentioning
 
Old 03-25-2009, 07:10 PM
 
Location: Washington D.C. By way of Texas
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I was talking more about the two metro areas than say the city of Dallas itself. I know the city of Dallas usually isn't hit with tornadoes, but the metroplex can see some. Either way, the metroplex is more prone to tornadoes than the Houston area based on tornado risk area maps I've seen. Plus, everything isn't all spread out so much making things easier to get to.
I understand although as stated before, DFW is very spread out.
 
Old 03-25-2009, 08:33 PM
 
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I was talking more about the two metro areas than say the city of Dallas itself. I know the city of Dallas usually isn't hit with tornadoes, but the metroplex can see some. Either way, the metroplex is more prone to tornadoes than the Houston area based on tornado risk area maps I've seen. Plus, everything isn't all spread out so much making things easier to get to.
I think someone misunderstood me. I was referring to Houston in saying everything isn't spread out so much (like DFW) as another reason why Houston was the better place, in my opinion. I know darn well DFW is spread out haha.
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